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Employee was servicing D10N dozer, stepping down from the dozer they twisted wrong and felt a pop in their hip.
Driver was backed up to the dump location and started to raise the trailer. As the bed was being raised, the driver noticed the bed starting to sway. EE hit the down lever. As the bed was coming down, it started to lean to the right and then continued to the ground on its passenger side. Tractor and trailer were damaged. Load not evenly distributed was leading factor.
Employee was welding then began to use a chipping hammer. A hot chip flew up and dropped behind EE's safety glasses hitting EE's right eye.
Started the loader to let it warm up first thing in the morning, and when employee was climbing down the ladder, foot slipped and employee tried to catch self. Employee held onto the rail with right arm, and while doing this felt a popping sensation in right shoulder.
Employee was lying under the D7 preparing to change the oil. IE was taking off belly pan plate when IE's coworker, who was above IE, was taking off the steel plate to get to the oil filter when EE dropped the plate and it went through the tracks and hit employee on the head.